The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has begun. The players of the USA, the champion of the last two cups, have already left their mark on the championship, which will be held in Australia and New Zealand between July 20 and August 20; but with earnings… Of the 15 highest-paid players in the Cup, 11 are from the United States. So why are American players so dominant on the list?
Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, veterans of the USA Women’s National Team, have earned over $7 million in the past 12 months. This figure includes in-field revenues, as well as revenues such as sponsorships, per-game payments and license agreements.
Compared to the women’s football players of other countries, it can be seen that the Americans have a serious advantage in terms of salary. Because, with the agreement signed with the USA Football Federation in May 2022, the per-game payments of the women’s and men’s teams, performance bonuses and commercial incomes were equalized.
The two teams also combine their prize money from the World Cup. The women’s team will receive their $6.5 million share in December, which they won due to the men’s reaching the Round of 16 in the tournament held in Qatar. The American women’s soccer team had won a total of $6 million in prizes after their 2015 and 2019 World Cup titles. The payout in December exceeds the award of two championships.
Considering club salaries, most U.S. Women’s National Team players earn around $800,000 on the field based on their appearance in national team games. In many other countries, even the greatest female football players barely reach half that amount.
Increasing support from brands
As a result of the success of the Women’s National Team in the USA in the last 30 years, brands also support women’s football more than other markets such as Europe. According to Forbes’ calculations, the six American football players who participated in the World Cup this summer have more than one million dollars off the field. There is another player who has won this much off the field in the championship: Spaniard Alexia Putellas. 3.2 million of Putellas’ $4 million earnings came from off-pitch revenues.
Of course, when compared to the astonishing money earned by the athletes in men’s football, the incomes of female football players are very low. The data paints an interesting picture in this regard.
Three football players lead the Forbes list of 2023 Highest Earning Athletes: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé… All three players earned at least 120 million between May 2022 and May 2023. The total earnings of the top 15 highest-paid players of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup cannot even catch up with one-third of the income of only one of these three stars. An anonymous manager said:Nike pays these elite footballers what it pays to trainees” he says on my site.
The prize money set for the Women’s World Cup has risen to $110 million. In 2019, this amount was $30 million. So it’s almost quadrupled over time, and at least half of that money will go to players, not federations.. This amount corresponds to a quarter of the prize money awarded at the Men’s World Cup.
‘We cannot guarantee that all female players will get their share’
On the other hand, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said that they cannot guarantee that all players will get their share in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In the statement made last month, FIFA announced that each athlete participating in the championship will be paid 30 thousand dollars. But Infantino, in his statement before the tournament, stated that FIFA allocates such a high amount of money to the players in this champion for the first time, but that FIFA will distribute the money directly to the football federations of the countries, not to the players.
“We have published recommendations, but we are a union of federations. So the payments we make will always be through the federations, and the federations will make these payments to their own players.”
The top 5 football players in the 2023 Women’s World Cup are as follows:
1. Alex Morgan (USA):
Total earnings: $7.1 million
On-field earnings: $0.8 million
2. Megan Rapinoe (USA):
Total earnings: $7 million
On-field earnings: $0.7 million
3. Alexia Putellas (Spain):
Total earnings: $4 million
On-field earnings: $0.8 million
4. Trinity Rodman (USA)
Total earnings: $2.8 million
On-field earnings: $0.8 million
5. Crystal Dunn (USA)
Total earnings: $2 million
On-field earnings: $0.7 million
Sources: Forbes, ESPN
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